Maybe they should stretch out the schedule, have one race a month or something like that. It would keep horse racing in the headlines longer.
Let's look at one year. I randomly picked 1995:
en.wikipedia.org
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www.horseracingnation.com
Let's use, just as an example a system of giving one point for 10th, 2 for 9th, etc, up to 10 for 1st with a 10 point bonus to the first place horse because he won the race, (which would make it hard for a non-competitive horse to win just because he ran in all three races). it would have looked like this:
Thunder Gulch 20 + 8 + 20 = 48 points
Timber Country 8 + 20 + 0 = 28 points
Star Standard 0 + 7 + 9 = 16 points
Mecke 6 + 6 + 0 = 12 points
Knockaroon 4 + 0 + 7 = 11 points
Tejano Run 9 + 2 + 0 = 11 points
Citadeed 2 + 0 +8 = 10 points
Oliver's Twist 0 + 9 + 0 = 9 points
Jumron 7 + 0 + 0 = 7 points
Pana Brass 0 + 1 + 6 = 7 points
Eltish 5 + 0 + 0 = 5 points
Off N' Away 0 + 0 + 5 = 5 points
Talkin' Man 0 +5 + 0 = 5 points
Ava's Flag 0 + 0 + 4 = 4 points
Our Gatesby 0 + 4 + 0 = 4 points
Afternoon Deelites 3 + 0 + 0 = 3 points
Composer 0 + 0 + 3 = 3 points
Mystery Storm 0 + 3 + 0 = 3 points
Colonial Secretary 0 + 0 + 2 = 2 points
In Character 1 + 0 = 0 = 1 point
Is Svekatas 0 + 0 + 1 = 1 points
Each horse could split up an award based on the number of points earned. In this case, a great confrontation was prevented when Timber Country developed a high fever before the Belmont, (in which he was favored) and had to withdraw. But there could have been considerable dram even in a non-triple crown year and the other hose owners would have have reason to go after each race, if they were better spaced in the schedule. .
As you can tell, i'm a casual fan at best. I just watch the TC races as a rite of spring,. But speaking as a casual fan, a system like this would create more interest and the success of a sport depends on how many fans it can create.
